All India Muslim Personal Law Board plenary in Hyderabad from Friday

Hyderabad: The stage is set for the 26th plenary session of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a representative organization of Muslims of all schools of thought, and all the organizations of Indian Muslims, in Hyderabad from Friday.

The three-day conference will begin with a Working Committee session on Friday evening at the Salar-e-Millat Auditorium in the Owaisi Hospital complex. It is here that the issue of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill of 2017, popularly known as the instant triple talaq, will be taken up for discussion.

Addressing the media on Thursday, AIMPLB spokesperson Maulana Syed Khaleel-ur-Rahman Sajjad Noamani, said the Bill had serious flaws and if they were removed, the Board was willing to accept it.

“The Board is not against the



Bill but there are lacunae which violate the constitution and fundamental rights”, he said.

The Bill, he said, was surreptitiously sought to ban not only the instant triple talaaq, but also the institution of talaaq itself.

Maulana Noumani said ‘a dangerous law’ was being sought to be passed which violated the constitution, the fundamental rights of citizens and the Women and Child Rights Act.

“No other country in the world has such a law. I feel ashamed of the Bill not only as a Muslim but also as an Indian citizen”, he said.

Asked about the possibility of AIMPLB talking to the government or the Prime Minister, Maulana Nomani said the Board held an emergency meeting and wrote to the Prime Minister seeking an appointment to discuss the matter.